English

Chair: Dr. Emily Wilson
Ph: +966 11 215 8852
E: ewilson@alfaisal.edu
 

General Department Information

The English department exists to help Alfaisal students to be well-known for their dynamic critical thinking and communication skills as they interact across cultures and organizations. The first-year composition sequence takes a rhetorical approach to academic writing. Students begin by learning rhetorical analysis and then learn how to make effective choices as they compose their own arguments. The second semester emphasizes research, and students compose a full-length research report. This first year of reading, writing, analyzing, and researching prepares students for success in higher-level English electives as well as academic writing assignments across the curriculum. For second-year students, there are ESP courses designed to match their specific needs as they begin more advanced work in their chosen fields.

Classes

ENG 101: Freshman English 1

A skills-based writing-intensive course that introduces and develops the students'92 abilities to organize, visualize and write effective paragraphs and essays. The course covers the writing process, and academic oral and written rhetorical moves and grammatical elements specific to a variety of paragraphs and essays. Students will explore and analyse how language is used to achieve communicative goals common to academic writing in various paragraphs and essay genres through in-class writing activities, lectures and homework assignments.

ENG 102: Freshman English 1

A skills-based writing-intensive course that introduces and develops the students'92 abilities to organize, visualize and write effective paragraphs and essays. The course covers the writing process, and academic oral and written rhetorical moves and grammatical elements specific to a variety of paragraphs and essays. Students will explore and analyse how language is used to achieve communicative goals common to academic writing in various paragraphs and essay genres through in-class writing activities, lectures and homework assignments.

ENG 112: Freshman English II

As a continuation of ENG 101/102, ENG 112/113 focuses on developing the students'92 abilities to organize, visualize and write effective essays. The course continues to cover the writing process and the academic oral and written rhetorical moves and grammatical elements relevant to different essay types not covered in ENG 101/102.

ENG 113: Freshman English II

As a continuation of ENG 101/102, ENG 112/113 focuses on developing the students'92 abilities to organize, visualize and write effective essays. The course continues to cover the writing process and the academic oral and written rhetorical moves and grammatical elements relevant to different essay types not covered in ENG 101/102.

ENG 222: Technical Writing

Develops reading, listening/speaking and research skills that enhance technical discourse to facilitate advanced-level written expressions that explore the technological parameters of the students'92 chosen fields.

ENG 223: Literature

The course introduces students to the four major genres of literature: novels, short stories, drama, and poetry. Focus will be brought to the understanding and appreciating of different major works of literature, Students will be able to analyze and respond to major works of literature.

ENG 224: English for Medical Students

Is concerned with developing fluency and confidence in using English in medical contexts. It increases EFL medical students' familiarity with medical written language and discourse in different medical contexts. The focus is on carrying out specialized activities in English, but attention is given to reading comprehension skills (expanding the English general and medical vocabulary repertoire through extensive readings), academic and scientific writing skills, and technical medical terms as required.

ENG 231: Medical terminology

This course is essential for students pursuing any health care profession to learn and recognize word roots, prefixes, suffixes used in medical communications, to combine words to create meaningful medical conditions as well as to realize their definition and identify the correct spelling. The students will acquire the foundation, pronunciation and abbreviation of medical terms related to different body systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal,.. etc.) including structures, procedures, and diseases. It assists health care professionals to comprehend and utilize medical terminology to communicate with each other and with other health care professionals efficiently to maximize patients care.

ENG 231: Medical Terminology

Medical terminology is the study of the principles of building clinical terms used in health care professions. By covering essential, basic terms of the body'92s systems, students will be actively learning to understand and use Latin and Greek roots, suffixes, and prefixes. Etymologies of words used in the health care professions will also be emphasized as aids towards understanding and retention

PENG 004: Preparatory English Level 4

PENG 004 is a 4-credit hour, 14-hour contact week, 8-week course that specifically aims to develop the students'92 four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. A primary aim of the course is to develop students'92 reading skills including understanding main ideas, supporting details and making inferences. Goals for writing focus on understanding the structure and features of a paragraph including the topic, supporting, and concluding sentences. The emphasis of the communication component is on understanding main ideas and supporting details while listening to academic lectures on a variety of subjects. Additionally, students will develop note-taking strategies to organize and synthesize the ideas expressed in lectures.

PENG 005: Preparatory English Level 5

PENG 005 is a 4-credit hour, 14-hour contact week, 8-week course that specifically aims to develop the students'92 four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with special emphasis on reading and writing. The primary aim of the course is to develop students'92 reading skills including understanding main ideas, supporting details, and making inferences. The writing component centers on extending students'92 ability to summarize and respond to a range of sources, composing clear, well-organized, and coherent texts that incorporate a variety of rhetorical modes and essay formats. The emphasis of the communication component is on understanding main ideas and supporting details while listening to academic lectures on a variety of subjects. Additionally, students will develop note-taking strategies to organize and synthesize the ideas expressed in lectures.

PENG 006: Preparatory English Level 6

PENG 006 is a 4-credit hour, 14-hour contact week, 8-week course that focuses primarily on developing reading and writing skills with specific emphasis on communication and grammar. The writing component centers on extending students'92 ability to express themselves in clear, well-organized, and coherent text. Furthermore, the reading component centers on extending students'92 ability to interact with the written word, to reflect upon, analyze, synthesize, and to critically evaluate information from a variety of textual forms. The listening component focuses on identifying main and supporting points in an academic-style lecture while developing note-taking skills. The speaking component focuses on developing students'92 ability to speak clearly and confidently on a specific subject to an audience.

PENG 007: Preparatory English Level 7

PENG 07 is a 3-credit hour, 12-hour contact week, 8-week course that specifically aims to develop the students'92 four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with special emphasis on reading and writing. The focus of the listening and speaking component centers on the retention and analysis of information based on the students'92 ability to engage in verbal discourse. Additionally, the course is focused on developing students'92 comprehension skills to read, reflect upon, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information in a variety of texts. Furthermore, the course aims to instruct students on writing clear, well-organized and coherent academic text within diverse disciplines as well as varied settings.

PENG 008: Preparatory English Level 8

PENG 08 is a 3-credit hour, 12-hour contact week, 8-week course that specifically aims to develop the students'92 four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, with special emphasis on reading and writing. The focus of the listening and speaking component centers on the retention and analysis of information based on the students'92 ability to engage in verbal discourse. Additionally, the course is focused on developing students'92 comprehension skills to read, reflect upon, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information in a variety of texts. Furthermore, the course aims to instruct students on writing clear, well-organized and coherent academic text within diverse disciplines as well as varied settings.

PSCS 101: Study and Communication Skills

Course instruction will incorporate study skills, research skills, tech skills, and application of team and interpersonal communication skills to create effective written discourse as well as oral presentations. In turn, achievement of these skill objectives will facilitate the research and communication process as utilized by all AUPP pathway students.

PTECH 101: Preparatory Technical Writing I

PTECH 101 is a 3-credit hour, 16-week course for business, engineering, and science pathway PENG-exempt students. It is a research writing-intensive course focused specifically on the development of students'92 English language skills, i.e., with special emphasis on reading, writing, and research. The primary aim of this course is to develop students'92 ability to read, to reflect, to analyze, and to evaluate information in a variety of texts; as well as to respond with clear, well-organized and coherent academic text.

PTECH 112: Preparatory Technical Writing II

PTECH 112 is a 3-credit hour 16-week course that builds on the course learning objectives achieved in the prerequisite course: PTECH 101. It is a research writing-intensive course with a more in-depth focus on the development of students'92 English language skills, i.e., with special emphasis on reading, writing, and research. The primary aim of this course is to further the development of students'92 reading comprehension; to reflect, to analyze, to synthesize, and to evaluate information in a variety of texts; as well as to respond with clear, well-organized and coherent academic discourse.